Apple announces the best iOS apps and games of 2017

Apple has revealed its 2017 best-of list of apps, games, music, books, and movies sold across the company's various online storefronts. The iPhone app of the year title goes to meditation and sleep app Calm, while adorable puzzle game Splitter Critters takes the top spot in the games category.

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Apple has announced its Best of 2017 apps and games, this year utilizing the Today cards in the iOS 11 App Store to feature the winners. Apple says its app of the year for iPhone is Calm, a meditation and sleep app, and Splitter Critters is 2017’s iPhone game of the year. Apple says the title “radiates imagination and originality”.

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Apple has released its yearly “Best of” list, highlighting its picks for the top apps, games, albums, movies, podcasts, books, and TV shows — just in time for your holiday purchasing! As is always the case, the lists combine Apple’s own hand-curated picks and popularity-driven charts, based on purchases in Apple’s various services such as

Super Mario Run was the most popular free game on iPhone and iPad in 2017, Apple announced this morning, but the Nintendo title didn't win the company's game of the year. That honor went to Splitter Critters, a puzzle game that the editorial team at Apple described as "pure magic."

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